RENOWN THEATRE
FRIDAY & SATURDAY The comedian is co-starred in "True to Life" with Mary Martin, Franchot Tone and Dick Powell. The film tells the very funny story of the Porter family's overnigh4 fame as the subject of a true-to-life radio programme. Moor plays Pa Porter whose da'ughter, Mary Martin, brings hojx\e Dick Powell. oelieving him to be down on his luck. Powell is. in reality, a thous-and-dollar-a-week radio, writer badly in need of fresh material. He is invited to live with the Porters until he can flnd a job, and he proceeds promptly to use the family as the basis for a new prcgramme.
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Chronicle (Levin), 14 February 1947, Page 3
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104RENOWN THEATRE Chronicle (Levin), 14 February 1947, Page 3
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